Strong G2681κατασκηνόω
to dwell
- Transliteration
- kataskēnoō
- Pronunciation
- kat-as-kay-no'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
κατα-σκηνόω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for סָכַךְ;]
to pitch one's tent, lodge, dwell: before ἐν, Mat.13:32, Luk.13:19; ὑπό, with accusative, Mrk.4:32; ἐπ᾽ ἐλπιδι, Act.2:26 (LXX).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for סָכַךְ;]
to pitch one's tent, lodge, dwell: before ἐν, Mat.13:32, Luk.13:19; ὑπό, with accusative, Mrk.4:32; ἐπ᾽ ἐλπιδι, Act.2:26 (LXX).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2681 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- lodge3
- rest1
First verses
- Matthew 13:32Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
- Mark 4:32But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
- Luke 13:19It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.
- Acts 2:26Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
κατασκην-όω,
take up one's quarters, encamp, εἰς.. [LXX+6th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyr.” 4.5.39, “Hell.Oxy.” 16.2, etc.; ἐν.. LXX.1Ch.23.25; ἔνθα κατεσκηνώκατε Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.2)]: generally, rest, [LXX (ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδι Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum LXX.Psa.15(16).9)]; settle, of birds, [NT (ἐν κλάδοις NT.Matt.13.32)]: metaphorically, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (οὐ ψυχὴ ἐν μόνῳ ἀνθρώπῳ κ. 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 4.9)].
take up one's quarters, encamp, εἰς.. [LXX+6th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyr.” 4.5.39, “Hell.Oxy.” 16.2, etc.; ἐν.. LXX.1Ch.23.25; ἔνθα κατεσκηνώκατε Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.2)]: generally, rest, [LXX (ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδι Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum LXX.Psa.15(16).9)]; settle, of birds, [NT (ἐν κλάδοις NT.Matt.13.32)]: metaphorically, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (οὐ ψυχὴ ἐν μόνῳ ἀνθρώπῳ κ. 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 4.9)].